The building materials giant is a major consumer of energy.
In 2021, its overall bill amounted to 1.5 billion euros, for a turnover of more than 44 billion euros.
And the group has warned that the rise in energy and raw material prices will increase its rating by 3 billion euros between 2021 and 2022. A movement that will continue in 2023.
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To answer it, the group is firing on all cylinders.
“We have multiplied short-term and medium-term measures
,” explains Benoît d'Iribarne, deputy general manager of Saint-Gobain in charge of technology and industrial performance.
For the short term, Saint-Gobain is installing sensors coupled with artificial intelligence in its factories, offices and warehouses
to
better manage its energy
consumption
.
It has also decided to invest 100 million euros per year to better insulate its buildings, recover heat in the factory or modify certain production processes.
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